Tacos
L.A.’s First Craft Molino Opens Today, Marking a Milestone In the City’s Taco Life
This groundbreaking, one-stop masa shop features ethically sourced white, blue, and red heirloom corn from Oaxaca and the state of Mexico. Tortillas, tostadas raspadas, and masa by the pound will be available for purchase, along with a small but mighty antojitos menu that features regional dishes never before seen in Los Ángeles.
Bestia’s Former Chef de Cuisine Opening a Taquería with a Full Bar —Stumbling Distance to Dodger Stadium—In Echo Park
Tuna tostadas with an Urfa chile salsa negra, confit duck mole, micheladas with pickled mussel, and more await you at this new taquería on Sunset Boulevard. And yes, it’s within walking distance to Dodger Stadium.
Starting Tomorrow, Sonoratown is Open In Downtown Long Beach
Sonoratown's full menu will be available starting Tuesday, September 17th from 11 AM to 4 PM open Tuesday through Saturday to start. The spacious dining room set in a 106-year-old historic building seats 50 people and has high ceilings for days, making it the biggest—and their most stunning—of their three locations in L.A. County. It's the most anticipated taquería opening in Long Beach this year.
Bison Tacos and Wild Venison Flautas at Echo Park’s Most Controversial Former Vegan Restaurant
Antojitos get the wild game and Indigenous protein treatment at Sage Vegan Bistro in Echo Park, but are they intriguing enough to lure you away the chile colorado at El Ruso across the street?
Inspired By One of Oaxaca’s Best Street Foods, This Taquiza Is Bringing Chicharrón-Topped Suckling Pig Tacos to L.A. (and O.C.)
The pork is marinaded in a secret recipe for ten hours and roasted for four hours until it falls apart. They top it with crumbled chicharrón that they puff up themselves, a habanero salsa, and taquería guacamole. They just started offering an outstanding suadero that is confit in beef tallow, longaniza drippings, and lard until it gently crisps up like a beef version of carnitas.
One of Tijuana’s Most Respected Taco Shops Just Opened in East L.A.
It is the eighth location of the celebrated T.J. chain, but the first one in the U.S. The ninth one is opening in San Diego soon.
This Pioneering Mexican Restaurant Was One of the First in L.A. to Reject ‘Combination Plates’ In 1985. Now, They Are Struggling to Stay Open
Jose and Aurora Rodriguez founded La Serenata on 1st Street in 1985. Their menu full of "complex sauces that blew everyone's minds," as Jonathan Gold once wrote, drew people from all over the city to Boyle Heights. But like many other restaurants at the moment, Jose's only son, Marco, is struggling to keep their last-standing West L.A. location open amid rising costs and declining sales.
L.A.’s Next Top-Tier Taquería Brings Border-Defying Asada and Perfect Al Pastor to Cypress Park
Even with hundreds of great taquerías in Los Angeles, you know this taco is a winner as soon as you take your first bite. The owner pulled temporary visas for his staff to bring them from his legendary taqueria chain in Tijuana to make sure the tacos and the experience are as delicious as it is in Mexico.
$7 Mini ‘Al Pastor Trompos’ Have Arrived In the San Fernando Valley
You can either tear into each mini trompo with your hand using a corn tortilla like a glove to eat it like a taco or bite into it like a kebob. It's the the first of its kind in the streets of L.A.
Holbox In South Central Just Became the First Mexican Marisquería In the U.S. to Get a Michelin Star
The genre-pushing Mexican seafood stall in Mercado La Paloma is also the only marisquería to use tortillas and tostadas made from nixtamalized heirloom corn grown in Oaxaca and the state of Mexico. Holbox also stands out among the rest of one-star recipients for not serving alcohol in its menu.
